Staveley Town Council has agreed to fund new footpath signs to be put up in honour of murder victim Gracie Spinks after a councillor’s long campaign for a permanent tribute in the town. Town Cllr Mick Bagshaw has been campaigning for the tribute for many months since Gracie Spinks was stabbed to death when she
Officers investigating a serious assault in Alfreton are appealing for witnesses and information. Police were called to the incident in Nottingham Road at just after 11.40pm on Friday 20 September. A woman in her 20s suffered serious facial injuries after being hit in the face with a metal pole. She was taken to hospital for
A Derbyshire council is due to spend £3.8 million on 23 homes providing temporary accommodation for Afghan refugees and people who become homeless. Derbyshire Dales District Council has been given £3.8 million by central Government, from its £450 million local authority housing fund. The council has already been given £2.2 million from a previous round
One of Derbyshire County Council’s main objectives as it continues its battle to overcome an estimated budget shortfall of around £40m for the current 2024/25 financial year with saving plans and cutbacks is to ensure the authority’s General Reserve of back-up cash does not fall below a £25m level. The Conservative-led council announced at a
From 1 October, there will be a slight change in daily opening times from 8.30am to 6pm to 9.30am to 5pm at 8 of the council’s 9 centres. Hours will remain the same at the Waterswallows site in Buxton due to different contractual arrangements at that centre. A new trade waste service will also be
Derbyshire council’s future plans for mineral extraction include a possible reduction in quarrying in the beautiful and scenic Peak District National Park despite objections from some quarry operators. The county council’s Cabinet approved the submission of the Derbyshire and Derby Joint Minerals Local Plan – which has been prepared with Derby City Council – for
Police are appealing for witnesses and information after a 92-year-old man was assaulted in Clay Cross. The incident occurred between 11am and 12noon on 31 August when the man was sat on a bench at the bus station. He was then approached by a group of four youths who grabbed him, lifted him over the
New national housing policies could create “large dormitory settlements of commuters” in parts of Derbyshire without investment into infrastructure and jobs, a council says. A Derbyshire Dales District Council meeting this month debated new planning policies brought by the new Labour Government which could see its housing targets more than doubled from 216 homes per
Campaigners are planning to appeal against a controversial decision by Bolsover District Council’s planning committee to grant outline planning permission for a massive housing development near two Derbyshire villages. The planning committee approved Waystone Ltd’s outline planning application at a meeting on September 17 for the Clowne Garden Village scheme’s plans for 1,800 new homes
Motorists are set to benefit from a £3m Government cash injection to support Derbyshire council’s fight to overcome pothole problems but the authority’s highways chief has expressed disappointment that so far the contribution is smaller than the previous year’s funding. Cllr Charlotte Cupit, Cabinet Member for Highways Assets and Transport, at Conservative-controlled Derbyshire County Council